# What's the worst movie you saw that you ended up liking anyway, or at least had fun watching it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 24, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015 "2018-04-24T03:00:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015/41 "2018-04-24T15:02:05Z")
“Happy Gilmore” isn’t really much of a movie but I adore it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015/42 "2018-04-24T15:14:59Z")
[_Brainsmasher…A Love Story_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainsmasher..._A_Love_Story), starring Andrew “Dice” Clay and Teri Hatcher, featuring Portland night life and killer Chinese monks that keep insisting throughout the film that “We are _not_ ninjas!”. With this description do I have to talk about how bad it is? But between the primo soundtrack, the fast pace and the humor it just hits the spot, in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015/43 "2018-04-24T15:19:01Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > This is a spinoff of the “worst movie you ever saw” thread. > > The first one that comes to mind for me is a forgettable comedy that came in in the early 1990s called “Splitting Heirs”. It co-starred Rick Moranis and was totally panned by critics; I went with a classmate, who like me was an art movie aficionado, after finals were over because we wanted to see something mindless, and even though we figured out all the plot twists way ahead of time, LMAO’d all the way through it. Almost no one liked the movie and I only saw it on a long flight, but I really enjoyed Battle: Los Angeles. As long as I was able to suspend my disbelief over the whole water thing and my general issue with any sort of aliens coming from another star invading and fighting us in regular battle, I thought it was actually…well, not bad. I enjoyed it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015/44 "2018-04-24T15:43:18Z")
Cabin Boy (1994) — it took time but it grew on me; kinda like a fungus. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015/45 "2018-04-24T15:46:26Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Cabin Boy (1994) — it took time but it grew on me; kinda like a fungus. Earl Hofert should have had the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for that. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015/46 "2018-04-24T15:51:09Z")
I’m going to go with Gargoyles. Not the animated series and home for wayward Star Trek alumni. The cheesy made for TV movie starring Cornel Wilde and Bernie Casey in gargoyle make up. A true classic. > [@Grrr](#): > > There was something screwy going on with this movie. I think I had to wait like three years just to be able to rent this movie. > > I think they may have had some issues with licensing or something. (My WAG) There is a sequel coming out soon so there couldn’t be that many issues. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015/47 "2018-04-24T16:16:11Z")
> [@simster](#): > > Maybe this is a movie that had a really stupid premise that didn’t derserve to be as good as it ended up - > > _ **Battleship** _ I thoroughly enjoyed Battleship. It wasn’t terrible. It wasn’t very great either. It was an action flick and delivered on what action flicks promise. Don’t know why it’s so hated. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015/48 "2018-04-24T16:17:58Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I thoroughly enjoyed Battleship. It wasn’t terrible. It wasn’t very great either. It was an action flick and delivered on what action picks promise. Don’t know why it’s so hated. Because nobody in the movie said, “You sunk my battleship!”. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015/49 "2018-04-24T16:18:21Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [_Brainsmasher…A Love Story_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainsmasher..._A_Love_Story), starring Andrew “Dice” Clay and Teri Hatcher, featuring Portland night life and killer Chinese monks that keep insisting throughout the film that “We are _not_ ninjas!”. Speaking of Dice, I very much enjoyed _The Adventures of Ford Fairlane_ as a 13-year-old boy and I still enjoy it on that same level today. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015/50 "2018-04-24T16:26:19Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I’m going to go with Gargoyles. Not the animated series and home for wayward Star Trek alumni. The cheesy made for TV movie starring Cornel Wilde and Bernie Casey in gargoyle make up. A true classic. > > There is a sequel coming out soon so there couldn’t be that many issues. I agree. I once had the choice between watching this or one of two classic movies on the other big networks, and I ended up watching Gargoyles. Wonderfully awful, and I’m surprised other people not only remember it, but do so fondly. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015/51 "2018-04-24T16:28:16Z")
Any of the Sharknado movies. Somehow when they deliberately make a movie as bad as humanly possible, it works. Having guys like Al Roker in there works, the plot is insane but they make no attempt to suspend your disbelief, the movies are so bad that they’re good for a laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015/52 "2018-04-24T16:35:05Z")
Judging by Rotten Tomatoes, _The Lone Ranger_ from a few years ago. It really works as a _Ranger_/[Red Dead Redemption](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dead_Redemption) mashup. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015/53 "2018-04-24T16:49:45Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Any of the Sharknado movies. Somehow when they deliberately make a movie as bad as humanly possible, it works. Having guys like Al Roker in there works, the plot is insane but they make no attempt to suspend your disbelief, the movies are so bad that they’re good for a laugh. Lavalantula. Dear Shrek there are two sequels to it already! ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015/54 "2018-04-24T16:57:56Z")
Howard the Duck is one of my guilty pleasures. It has layers. All very stupid layers, but piled together I find them funny. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015/55 "2018-04-24T17:01:06Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I thoroughly enjoyed Battleship. It wasn’t terrible. It wasn’t very great either. It was an action flick and delivered on what action flicks promise. Don’t know why it’s so hated. I am that oddball who actually prefers, in some ways, “American Warships” to “Battleship”. Although I must admit to sometimes hitting YouTube just for the scene of breaking out the Mighty Mo with the music in the background. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015/56 "2018-04-24T17:15:32Z")
[Joe’s Apartment](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116707/) was a commercial disaster, savaged by critics, and reportedly pulled from distribution. I thought it was a hoot, and I knew a few suburban soccer moms and dads who felt the same way. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015/57 "2018-04-24T17:19:30Z")
I know I’m going to regret posting this but… **Pink Flamingos**. Yeah it was disgusting as hell, but I still laughed a lot. Of course, I was in college then. I doubt that I could sit through it now. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015/58 "2018-04-24T17:23:03Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > _Phantom of the Paradise_ > > _Phantom of the Opera_ meets _The Picture of Dorian Grey_ by way of _Faust_… Starring Paul Williams. > > How could it be anything but awful? Directed by Brian De Palma, that’s how! > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > ^ Phoenix! My friend Phoenix was named after this movie! ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015/59 "2018-04-24T17:27:44Z")
My standard answers here are _Freddy Got Fingered_ and _Death to Smoochy_. _Freddy Got Fingered_ is not a good movie by any standard, but I laughed my ass off. _Death to Smoochy_ OTOH is actually a decent movie with an outstanding cast that was simply badly mismarketed, and I laughed my ass off. The Nazi scene alone is worth it. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015/60 "2018-04-24T17:34:39Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Any of the Sharknado movies. Somehow when they deliberately make a movie as bad as humanly possible, it works. Having guys like Al Roker in there works, the plot is insane but they make no attempt to suspend your disbelief, the movies are so bad that they’re good for a laugh. Yep. Total garbage, and they wear their pedigree proudly. We actually staged a Sharknado film fest last summer, serving BBQ fish and Land Shark lager. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015.md?page=4)